Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2012. Time: 5:30 to 8:15 pm

Process Transformation Enabled by Project Management Fundamentals

 Scott Barnard, PMP

When transforming a business there are 5 key components - Capabilities, Technology, Organization, Process  and People. Each of these provide a perspective of of the business operations and ultimately its success, or lack of success.  While at Barnard Howard LLC, Scott, along with other thought leaders developed a method known as Acceleration 360, to perform an accurate assessment of business.  The goal is to uncover, examine and transform the areas that can bring the most benefit to the enterprise. Project Management is an essential element of the business analysis.  The Knowledge Areas of PMBOK are used to guide the creation and execution of the project, such that the client participates in the process of discovery and transformation.  Whether it is the executive team looking down at the overall operation their business or it is a manager targeting in on their team, a process approach with strong project management can have a swift and profound impact business transformation. The presentation will give insight as to how project management is an enabler to successful business transformation when partnered with a defined process engineering approach.

Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Time: 5:30 to 8:15 pm

Finding the I in TEAM

Project Management Lessons From Some of the World's Toughest Marathons

 Anthony Reed, CPA, PMP, MBA, MS

Successful endurance athletes and project managers exhibit the same characteristics to thrive. They manage change by taking calculated risks and gradually expanding their comfort zones. They must incorporate change, manage risk, and motivate people to go up hill at a time when they want to quit. All of this must be achieved in a stressful, challenging business environment.

• Running up and down 3,600 steps during the Great Wall Marathon is like managing a 3,600-task project schedule.
• Fighting through the Antarctica Marathon’s bitter cold relates to setting realistic project goals and self motivation.
• Encountering predators on Kenya’s SafriCom Lewa Marathon course is like managing pro-ject risks and mitigation.

The presenter’s team implemented a $12 million IT project for (only) $2.6 million. Another team completed a twenty-seven month project in nine months. He shares his experiences as a corpo-rate IT executive and finisher of over one hundred, 26.2-mile marathons to show you methods to lead people using marathon techniques and strategies. He’s also one of about 300 people in the world to have completed a marathon on all seven continents, including Antarctica.

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Since our last meeting we have 8 new members and 2 new PMP's for a total membership of 218, with 139 PMP's, 3 CAPM, 1 PgMP and 1 PMI-RMP.

New/Renewing Members

• Doris Pierce (Dec 21, 2011)
• Michelle McMillin (Jan 11, 2012)
• Travis Nation, PMP (Jan 11, 2012)
• Wanda Kay Norman, PMP (Jan 11, 2012)
• William Backous (Jan 24, 2012)
• Robert Hodgman (Jan 25, 2012)
• Christopher Waite (Feb 11, 2012)
• Terry Lynn Simmons (Feb 16, 2012)

New PMP's

• Thomas Graham II, PMP (Dec 19, 2011)
• Brian Brazil, PMP (Dec 29, 2011)